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A growing body of literature indicates a modestly positive association between religiosity and spirituality as predictors of psychological health (anxiety and depression), suggesting they serve as personal resiliency ...

Background:
Constructing meaning in cancer leads to improved psychosocial outcomes for patients and survivors.
Aim:
We tested the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a meaning-based intervention for couples.
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There are significantly high depression and suicide attempt rates among Latino adolescents in Indiana. Recently, in a large Community-Based Participatory Research Study (CBPR) meant to identify predictors of depression in ...

Purpose: Glaucoma is informally known as loss of sight due to the deterioration or damage to the optic nerve; some scientists claim to have identified the genes related to these causes. The most prevalent risk factor ...

Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease, which is asymptomatic and can slowly lead to blindness if left untreated. Glaucoma is caused by damage to the optic nerve and can lead to irreversible loss of sight. The overall objective ...

Background and Objectives: Data shows that Indiana Latino high school students face a 65 percent higher rate of suicide attempts and a 24 percent higher rate of depression than their non-Hispanic white peers. Together with ...

OBJECTIVE: Fatigue is one of the most common and debilitating symptoms reported by cancer patients, yet relatively little is understood about its etiology. Recently, as researchers have begun to focus attention on ...

Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) affects approximately 2.5 million Americans. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is the only treatable risk factor to slow the progression of the disease and prevent blindness. Topical ...

Purpose. Adherence to medical treatment of glaucoma is challenging. People of African descent (AD) have higher prevalence of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and have been shown to have worse adherence. The goal of this prospective, ...

PURPOSE:
An estimated 10-40 % of breast cancer (BC) patients report negative changes to their partnered relationships. Literature suggests that for these patients, marital satisfaction is related to depression and other ...

In recent years, cancer has ruthlessly taken many lives. Many forms of cancer have proven to be
incurable, so a good sense of well-being and significant meaning of life is important before death.
Although there have been ...

Depression in breast cancer patients and survivors is related to negative disease outcomes and worse quality of life. Factors that explain this depression can serve as targets of intervention. This study, guided by the ...

Spouses of patients experience role strains as a result of informal caregiving, which has been associated with mood in numerous research studies. However, most research is on female caregivers, and little is known about ...

The influences of course effort and outside (family, job, social) activities on grades earned in a college course were examined for 230 urban college students. Multiple measurements of hours of work, social and family ...

Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a chronic pain condition characterized by pain, fatigue, and nonrestorative sleep. The disruptive symptoms of FMS are associated with reductions in quality of life related to family, intimate ...

Objective
This study is an examination of sleep, pain, depression, and physical functioning at baseline and 1-year followup among patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Although it is clear that these symptoms are ...